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2016 Toyota Tacoma Engine Specs and Fuel Economy Numbers

The all-new Tacoma has finally be revealed. Here are the numbers you’ve been waiting for.
2016 Toyota Tacoma Engine Specs and Fuel Economy Numbers

The 2016 Toyota Tacoma officially launched today. The truck has been updated and modernized for the first time in many years. Although we have seen the truck in press releases and at trade shows, until now the engine and transmission specifications along with fuel economy were not known.

2016 Tacoma Engines and Transmissions
The 2016 Tacoma will have two engines for 2016. First up is the all-new 3.5-liter Atkinson-cycle engine. It will produce 278 horsepower. That is 42 more than the previous V6. Torque comes in at 265 ft-lb at 4,600 RPM. This engine will be mated to a six-speed automatic transmission or six-speed manual.

The second engine is the 2.7-liter, four-cylinder engine. This engine will produce 159 hp and 189 lb-ft of torque at 4,000 RPM. The transmission options are a five-speed manual or six-speed automatic.

2016 Toyota Tacoma Fuel Economy
The new V6 Tacoma with 2WD and the automatic transmission will return an EPA-estimated city/highway/combined mpg of 19/24/21. With 4WD and the manual transmission, the engine will return 17/21/19 and with the automatic and 4WD it will return 18/23/20. This represents an approximately 10% improvement in fuel economy for the six-cylinder Tacoma. The combined fuel economy of the V6 automatic Tacoma is now the same at the 2016 Chevy Colorado’s.

The 2016 Tacoma four-cylinder city/highway/combined fuel economy is listed as 19/23/21 for the automatic 2WD truck. The 4WD manual gets a rating of 19/21/20 and the automatic 4WD Tacoma earns a rating of 19/22/20. Here the Tacoma is slightly ahead of the automatic 2016 Chevy Colorado 4-cylinder’s rating.

The final big of number is the V6 Tacoma’s towing rating, which is 6,800 pounds (per the SAE J2807 tow standard). This is an increase of 300 pounds over last year. We will have more details over the coming week.

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keith (not verified)    March 4, 2018 - 8:57PM

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I had a 2004 tacoma and loved it except for no power seats lack of options and out dated rear drum brakes which still hasnt changed till this day unless you get the limited package you can get power seats .I had no real issues with it and sold it with 200k on it .I am now looking for a new truck and i agree chevy and ford have better gas mileage and bigger beds,higher payload and better towing standards but i cant bring myself to buy them do to reliability trumps all.I wish the tundra came with push button start and better fuel economy because i would so buy it .i also wish the new tacoma came with disc brakes in rear and better trans and lose the atkinson motor its weak and sub par .i guess i will go with honda ridgeline for now and if i need more bed space i will buy a trailer .It has all the bells and whistles plus fuel economy .I wont be going rock climbing so iam not worried about ground clearance.i do agree it looks alot like a car from the front but that can be altered with lift kit and new grill etc etc.I also understand its not a full frame but if something happens i do have insurance lol.